Lexicon alaph: To learn, to teach, to be accustomed Original Word: עָלַף Strong's Exhaustive Concordance faint, overlaid, wrap self A primitive root; to veil or cover; figuratively, to be languid -- faint, overlaid, wrap self. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definition to cover NASB Translation became faint (1), faint (1), fainted (1), inlaid (1), wilted away (1), wrapped (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs [עָלַף] verb cover (Late Hebrew id., cover, faint; Arabic ![]() ![]() Pu`al Participle feminine covered, encrusted, construct מְעֻלֶּפֶת Songs 5:14 his belly if ivory encrusted with sapphires. Perfect3plural בָּנַיִךְ עֻלְּפוּ Isaiah 51:20 thy sons are enshrouded, enwrapped, i.e. their senses obscured = have swooned away; so also Ezekiel 31:15, reading 3feminine singular עֻלָּ֑פָה for substantive עֻלְמֶּה (Köii. 1, 118), all the trees have fainted for (עַל) him (so ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Hi Co and others). Hithpa`el enwrap oneself, Imperfect3feminine singular וַתִּתְעַלָּ֑ף Genesis 38:14 (J); = swoon away, 3 masculine singular וַיִּתְעַלָּ֑ף Jonah 4:8; 3feminine plural תִּתְעַלַּפְנָה Amos 8:13. Forms and Transliterations וַיִּתְעַלָּ֑ף וַתִּתְעַלָּ֔ף ויתעלף ותתעלף מְעֻלֶּ֖פֶת מעלפת עֻלְּפ֥וּ עלפו תִּ֠תְעַלַּפְנָה תתעלפנה ‘ul·lə·p̄ū ‘ulləp̄ū mə‘ullep̄eṯ mə·‘ul·le·p̄eṯ meulLefet tiṯ‘allap̄nāh tiṯ·‘al·lap̄·nāh Titallafnah ulleFu vaiyitalLaf vattitalLaf wat·tiṯ·‘al·lāp̄ wattiṯ‘allāp̄ way·yiṯ·‘al·lāp̄ wayyiṯ‘allāp̄Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 38:14 HEB: וַתְּכַ֤ס בַּצָּעִיף֙ וַתִּתְעַלָּ֔ף וַתֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ בְּפֶ֣תַח NAS: [herself] with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat KJV: with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in INT: and covered A veil and wrapped and sat the gateway Songs 5:14 Isaiah 51:20 Amos 8:13 Jonah 4:8 5 Occurrences |